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an upward fold in rock layers
What is anticline
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a break in a rock
What is fracture
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break in the earth's crust where movement occurs
What is fault
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distance of a place above or below sea level
What is elevation
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type of mountains formed from magma that pushes up rock layers
What is volcanic mountains
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large, flat areas of Earth that are not far above sea level
What is plains
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steep-sided valley formed by a river is called?
What is canyon
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what is any movement of magma inside Earth called
What is volcanism
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What is the deep pit at the top of a volcanic cone called
What is crater
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What kind of volcano is made of alternating layers of lava and rock particles
What is composite
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What is the place on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
What is epicenter
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What type of volcano has a very quiet eruption
What is shield
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What is the instrument used to detect and measure earthquake waves
What is seismograph
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The Ring of Fire is the major earthquake and volcano zone around what
What is Pacific Ocean
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On the Richter scale, what does it go from?
What is 1 to 9
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As the number increases on the Richter scale, how much more energy does an earthquake release
What is ten times as much energy
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What is the large wave caused by an earthquake that occurs on the ocean floor called
What is tsunami
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Which seismic waves are the slowest?
What is L waves or surface waves
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Which seismic waves can move through solids, liquids and gases
What is P -waves
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Earthquakes and volcanoes caused by the formation of new crust on the ocean floor are located along this..
What is Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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What kind of landform is formed from faulting
What is mountains
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What kind of mountains are formed from faulting
What is fault-block mountains
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Name a mountain chain in western USA formed from faulting
What is Sierra Nevada
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Name three landforms
What is mountain, valley, plain, plateau, canyon
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What happens when movement occurs along a fault
What is earthquake